conceded

Example Sentences

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Carlson briefly conceded the point—“I wouldn’t disagree”—but quickly returned to his initial premise.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Both Merz and Sharaa conceded that some Syrians would stay in Germany.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

As Bryan Walsh wrote in Vox: “Once you’ve conceded that the machine is the final authority on whether a call is right…you’ve quietly eliminated the case for having the human there at all.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

"At home they have conceded 28 goals, only Wolves have conceded more. This is collectively poor and the manager is in a precarious position."

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Yet, as Fiedel conceded to me, the collapse of the Clovis consensus means that archaeologists must consider unorthodox possibilities, including that some other people preceded the ancestors of today’s Indians into the Americas.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann